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Trying to better Call of Duty at its own game is a pointless task, right? Trying to chart ahead of the new Call of Duty in its debut week is absurd. Or maybe not. For although Modern Warfare 3 may have re-written the UK record books, a quick look at …

Persson to launch full game this Friday

Annual developer event returns on November 24th

Developer trade group to host two events for indies and mobile studios

The Nintendo 3DS had a tough start to life, but the handheld’s story has barely begun with its biggest blockbusters still to come. MCV looks at why the much talked about handheld should have a very merry Christmas… SUPER MARIO HAS ARRIVED One of the biggest criticisms of 3DS so …

Tim Heaton looks at different ways of dealing with development issues

Huge sales of FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3 saw EA dominate the boxed games market in the UK last month, according to GfK?Chart-Track. The football sim topped the charts, while Battlefield 3 had to settle for second place. Battlefield’s achievement is notable as the game was only on sale for …

EA has announced that the PS3 versions of Need for Speed: The Run will include seven free cars not found in the Xbox 360 SKU. Only two of the seven have thus far been announced – the speedy 4.8L Lexus LFA and the Porsche Carrera GT. The only place you’ll …

Cloud technologies could have an important role to play in the future of Xbox, an executive at Microsoft has said. Microsoft tech evangelist Brian Prince took stage at GDC China this weekend and told attendees that there’s a distant future of gaming in the cloud”. He said "you will be …

Microsoft's mobile misses out on prolific game engine